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National news headlines from daly newspapers in Australia, 18 January

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SBS Korean Progam anslyeses and sums up the top stories featuring today in the Australia's mainstream newspapers.


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SBS Korean Progam anslyeses and sums up the top stories featuring today in the Australia's mainstream newspapers.


The Australian

 Doctors have blamed falling numbers of GPs seeing patients in nursing homes on

poorly trained and overworked nursing staff, younger colleagues opting out and

Medicare rebates that are too low to cover the cost of visits.

Three of the top five seats most affected by Labor's plan to impose more than

$17 billion in tax on family trusts over the next decade are Labor or Greens,

according to an analysis of tax office data by the Treasurer's office.

Animals Australia has been accused of "industry sabotage at its worse" - akin to

the needles in strawberries scandal - as federal MPs and the $2 billion live

export industry demand an investigation into allegations the charity offered

money in return for distressing footage.

       

Australia has another emerging star in Alexei Popyrin, who yesterday enjoyed the

greatest moment of his senior career at Melbourne Park when getting the better

of French Open finalist Dominic Thiem.

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has rubbished Premier Gladys

Berejiklian's claim there is insufficient evidence to support pill testing,

calling on the state's leader to introduce trials at music festivals to save

lives.

A drop in home loans taken out across the country has prompted more warnings of

further falls in house prices, with increasing interest from first-time buyers

unable to offset dwindling numbers of investors.

Labor's controversial pledge to revamp tax benefits on dividends has sparked a

warning from a leading fund manager that the policy was a "big risk" for

investors in the nation's banks.

The Herald Sun

Aiia Maasarwe was living her dream in Melbourne before the "horrendous" attack,

which police believe was random and opportunistic, that ended her life.

The status of terrorist Neil Prakash remains in limbo after Scott Morrison and

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama failed to address the Islamic State

recruiter's citizenship at a meeting yesterday.

Australia's family favourite food brands are preparing to reduce their serving

sizes or hike up their prices as the crippling drought, high labour costs and

increased energy prices grip the nation's food manufacturing sector.

 The West Australian

Just four days into Channel Nine's efforts to lure back alienated Today show

viewers, one of the show's new hosts sparked a national furore yesterday by

linking Australia Day to imprisonment rates and rape. Brooke Boney weighed into

the Australia Day debate in her first week on the network's revamped flagship

breakfast program.

Gina Rinehart has kept her crown as Australia's richest person despite her

wealth shrinking by $2.5 billion over the past year, Forbes' rich list has

revealed.


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